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py3: have bytes version of sys.executable

sys.executable on Python 3 returns unicodes and we want bytes. So this patch
adds a new pycompat.sysexecutable which returns bytes by encoding using
os.fsencode() since it is path variable.

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.